We recently published 9 Stocks Jim Cramer Talked About. McDonald’s Corporation is one of the stocks that Jim Cramer talked about.
Fast food giant McDonald’s Corporation’s shares are up by 5% over the past year and by 7.5% year-to-date. Ahead of the firm’s earnings report, investment bank UBS reiterated a Buy rating and a $350 share price target. It pointed out that McDonald’s Corporation shows strong same-store sales growth and momentum in international markets. It added that the fast food company could also gain market share throughout 2026. Guggenheim also discussed McDonald’s Corporation’s stock in February. It raised the share price target to $325 from $310 and kept a Neutral rating on the stock. As per the financial firm, McDonald’s Corporation’s same-store sales and earnings per share should grow faster than previously expected in 2026. While Cramer didn’t directly mention the stock, he did comment on its performance after co-host Carl Quintanilla pointed out that McDonald’s Corporation had performed well on Thursday:
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“All great companies, this felt like, not 2023, when we had a comeback from COVID. Not 2016 when we had a comeback from the China problem. It felt like pre-FANG, it felt like pre FANG was invented. In 2013. Because those were so exciting and those pulled away. No, the companies that are pulling away are all household names. I say welcome back to traditional investing which is so much fun. We’re not looking at annual revenue. . .annual revenue rate, we’re not doing that. We’re not doing the Rule of 40, I mean as much as I like what Palantir is doing, I mean let’s give the due to some of these companies that are fantastic that we remember. I’m talking about great American companies. . .”
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